Free Thoughts

Neal McCluskey joins us this week for a discussion about public education in America. He shares its history, from the “Old Deluder Satan Law” of 1647 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony to the current debate over policies like No Child Left Behind and the Common Core. He also talks about public schooling’s inherent pitfalls and shares different proposals for infusing school choice into the current system.What’s wrong with public education? Why doesn’t it work as well as we’d like? Why can’t we just solve public schools’ problems with increased funding?Show Notes and Further ReadingNeal McCluskey, Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education (book) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.